[Jobs] ASA Population Section Announcements - Jobs

[Leora Lawton]

JOBS

1.)  American University - School of International Service

The School of International Service at American University invites
applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor
to begin Fall (August) 2014. The position is for a scholar-teacher whose
research relies on quantitative research methods.  Responsibilities include
teaching and research supervision at the undergraduate and graduate levels,
mentoring students, university service, and participating in SIS and
University governance. Qualifications: Ph.D. or highest equivalent degree in
a relevant discipline and record of teaching and research excellence. We
seek highly productive scholar-teachers whose work is theoretically
grounded, empirically tested, and policy relevant. The ideal candidate will
share the School's commitment to academic excellence, diversity, and
service. The School of International Service is ranked by its peers as a top
ten international relations program at the undergraduate and graduate
levels, and consists of more than 100 full-time faculty working across
multiple disciplines. We seek candidates whose research relies on
quantitative methods and who have the willingness and capacity to teach
those methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The substantive area
of focus is open, and we particularly welcome candidates whose research
techniques extend beyond quantitative methods. Scholars from all relevant
disciplines are encouraged to apply. Interested candidates should submit a
letter of intent, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, evidence of
teaching effectiveness, copies of relevant publications, and a graduate
school transcripts. Detailed information may be found at
http://www.american.edu/hr/Ft-Faculty.cfm. Materials may be submitted via
email to sisfacultysearch at american.edu or mailed to: Methods Search
Committee, 4400 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016-8071. Email
applications are strongly preferred. Consideration of applications will
commence on October 1, 2013 and will continue until the position is filled.



2.)  University of California, Berkeley - Department of Geography

The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a faculty
position (tenure-track) related to Economic Disparities, with a start date
of July 1, 2014.  A Ph.D. or equivalent is required by the start date.  We
are especially interested in scholars who investigate economic disparities,
with a focus on spatial dimensions of economic disparities, geographies of
inequity, African American communities or the African diaspora, or other
underrepresented minority communities, either domestically or
internationally. The successful candidate will have a program of research
that bears on pressing social problems, including but not limited to the
urban landscape, health disparities, labor markets, inequality, housing
markets, immigration, global labor flows, gendering and marginality, or
environmental inequities. The successful candidate will participate in the
university's multidisciplinary and collaborative initiative to understand
and alleviate economic disparities, the Haas Institute for a Fair and
Inclusive Society.  We are especially interested in scholars who would join
the Department of Geography and/or the Department of African American
Studies, depending on interest and expertise. The successful candidate will
have a PhD in a relevant discipline, such as geography, African American
studies, economics, public policy, political science, demography, sociology,
anthropology, or planning. Applicants may read about the Hass Diversity
Research Initiative and the Economic Disparities Cluster at the website:
<http://diversity.berkeley.edu/haas-institute>
http://diversity.berkeley.edu/haas-institute To apply, please go to the
following link:    <https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00213>
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00213. Applications must be received
by November 1, 2013. Preference will be given to scholars who have
demonstrated the potential to make significant research contributions, who
have a clear interest in teaching, and who show potential to contribute to
the Economic Disparities Cluster within the Haas Center for a Fair and
Inclusive Society.  Applications must include a letter of interest, a CV,
three letters of reference, and three significant writing samples.  All
letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy
and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when
letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career
center), to the UC Berkeley statement on confidentiality, found at
www.chance.berkeley.edu/apo/evallotr.html.  Qualified women and members of
underrepresented minority groups are strongly urged to apply.  The
University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative
Action Employer.  Questions can be directed to nat at berkeley.edu and include
"Economic Disparities Search" in the subject line.



3.)  University of Southern California - Department of Sociology

The Department of Sociology in the Dana and David Dornsife College of
Letters, Arts and Sciences at the University of Southern California (Los
Angeles, CA) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor
position in Quantitative Social Demography, with an anticipated start date
of Fall 2014. We seek applicants who are trained in quantitative methods and
do empirically grounded, theoretically innovative research. Candidates must
have their PhD at the time of appointment. Qualified applicants should be
prepared to teach Demographic Methods and Social Demography.  In order to be
considered for this position, applicants are required to submit an
electronic USC application; follow this job link or paste in a browser:
https://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=71994. The applicant
should upload a CV, a letter of interest, a writing sample, and the names of
three individuals who will be contacted by USC for references. We will begin
reviewing applications on November 1, 2013. Please address all inquiries to
Professor John Wilson, Search Committee Chair (jpwilson at dornsife.usc.edu),
but application materials must be submitted online.  USC strongly values
diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment.  Women and
men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply.



4.)  University of Maryland, College Park - Department of Family Science

The Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of
Maryland, College Park seeks to fill three full-time tenure-track
Assistant/Associate Professor positions in Maternal and Child Health
(position #119298), Family Health and Well-Being (position #119297), and
Couple and Family Therapy (position #119296). These are 9-month tenure-track
appointments; salary is commensurate with qualifications. Funding is
guaranteed for 9 months annually, with the potential to extend salary
support to 12 months with external funds. Applicants must apply via
<https://ejobs.umd.edu/> https://ejobs.umd.edu. For best consideration,
candidates should submit materials by November 30, 2013. Applications will
be accepted until the position is filled. Applications should include the
following: 1) cover letter clearly indicating how the candidate meets each
of the qualifications listed above, 2) curriculum vitae, 3) three
representative publications, and 4) contact information for three references
(to be contacted only with the candidate's approval). For additional
position details, visit  <https://ejobs.umd.edu/> https://ejobs.umd.edu.



5.)  University of Kentucky - Department of Sociology

The University of Kentucky Department of Sociology invites applications for
a tenure-track, assistant professor faculty position to begin August 15,
2014. The department is seeking a scholar with expertise in medical
sociology or the sociology of health and illness. The successful candidate
will participate in an innovative, interdisciplinary program in Population
Health and will contribute to sociology instruction for pre-med students.
This individual will teach 2/2 at the graduate and undergraduate levels.
Preference will be given to candidates whose research and teaching add to
existing departmental strengths (see  <http://www.as.uky.edu/Sociology>
www.as.uky.edu/Sociology). Candidates should have a Ph.D. in hand at the
time of the appointment. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter,
a curriculum vita, a research statement, a teaching statement, samples of
research, and three letters of recommendation. These materials should be
sent via email to the Search Committee Chair, Brea L. Perry (
<mailto:breaperry at uky.edu> breaperry at uky.edu), and to Justin Conder (
<mailto:justin.conder at uky.edu> justin.conder at uky.edu). The statement of
research interests should identify the emphases of the applicant's research
program and specific research plans and goals. The teaching statement should
describe the applicant's teaching philosophy and pedagogical approaches, as
well as specific courses that the applicant has taught or is prepared to
teach. Review of applications will begin on October 15, 2013 and continue
until the position is filled. The University of Kentucky is an Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity University that values diversity and is located in
an increasingly diverse geographical region. It is a Research I institution,
and is committed to becoming one of the top public universities in the
country. Women, persons with disabilities, veterans, and members of
underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.



6.)  University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Department of Sociology and
Anthropology

The UMBC Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites applications for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor position beginning August 2014. The
Department's areas of focus are health & aging; diversity, culture,
inequality, & social change; and, applied social science research.  Primary
research and teaching interests for the position are broadly in medical
sociology and health & aging; however, preference will be given to
candidates also contributing to our strengths in inequality, research
methods, and/or statistics.  Candidates are expected to have an active
program of research.  Our Department has 15 full time tenured/tenure-track
faculty members with over 600 undergraduate majors and 70 graduate students.
The Department consists of three undergraduate major programs (Sociology,
Anthropology, and Health Administration and Policy). a Master's Degree in
Applied Sociology, and a Departmental Center for Aging Studies managing over
$7 million in externally funded grants. Faculty actively participate and are
affiliated with three interdisciplinary doctoral programs in Gerontology,
Public Policy, and Language, Literacy, & Culture. Faculty also have the
opportunity for secondary appointments across campus and specifically in
UMBC's Erickson School of Aging Studies and the School of Medicine,
University of Maryland, Baltimore. UMBC is classified by the Carnegie
Foundation as a Research University - High Research Activity and is located
in the dynamic Baltimore-Washington , DC corridor. UMBC is especially proud
of the diversity of its student body of 14,000 graduate and undergraduate
students. We seek to attract an equally diverse applicant pool for this
faculty position. We have a strong commitment to increasing faculty
diversity. Salary and benefits are competitive. Applicants should submit  a
letter of interest and qualifications, a CV, and have three letters of
reference sent. Pending final budgetary approval, review of applications
will begin on Oct. 15, 2013 but will continue until the position is filled.
Send materials via email to Angela McNulty,amcnulty at umbc.edu. Alternatively
send materials to: Search Committee, Department of Sociology and
Anthropology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle,
Baltimore, MD 21250 (www.umbc.edu/sociology).  Minorities, women, and
individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. UMBC is an Equal
Opportunity /Affirmative Action Employer.



7.)  Franklin and Marshall College - Department of Sociology and Public
Health Program

The Department of Sociology and the Public Health Program at Franklin and
Marshall College invite applications for a tenure-track position beginning
Fall 2014. The core specialty area is medical sociology. The successful
applicant must be able to teach sociological research methods and
introduction to public health. The position will have teaching and
administrative duties in the Public Health program, though the appointment
will be in Sociology. Applicants should possess or be close to completing a
doctorate in Sociology. We are particularly interested in candidates with a
research specialization in one or more developing countries. Teaching load
is 5 courses per year, and may involve teaching in the College's General
Education curriculum. Please submit the following materials electronically
to apply.interfolio.com/22777: a letter of application, curriculum vitae,
teaching and research statements, and three reference letters. Review of
applications will begin on November 15.





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Leora Lawton PhD
Executive Director
Berkeley Population Center
350K Barrows Hall
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